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Our OH-BDE/triclosan/SF study on NSF Science 360 Headlines today news.science360.gov/files/

Today, I received an email notifying me that a paper had cited one of my previous papers; the author of the new paper was me. #selfcitations

There really is something about the water when you travel- our building plumbing microbiome paper is out @MicroBEnet dx.doi.org/10.1371/journa…

Congratulations to Michael Waak for best graduate oral presentation at ASM-NCB!!!

Congratulations to Molly Hite and Julie Johnston for best student poster at ASM-NCB!!!

Can we regulate and innovate? A bunch of us think so dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.es… Environmental Science & Technology Journals

Nice comparison of microbes/ Legionella in chlorinated vs unchlorinated distribut system by Michael Waac Timothy LaPara

Congrats! Joel G Burken Joel G. Burken named Curators’ Professor at Missouri S&T news.mst.edu/2015/11/joel-g…

Well, I love to say that "I told you so"... I've published two papers in the past 10 years suggesting this: nature.com/nature/journal…

If Santa's Workshop were run like the NIH: knightslab.org/santa Happy Holidays from the Knights Lab

My student, Cheryl Haines, presented preliminary research results to the Minnesota Department of Health this week.

What drives Timothy LaPara driven-to-discover.umn.edu/content/tim-la… ? And what does he drive?

For the record, a 2003 Pontiac Vibe with just under 200,000 miles. x.com/billarnold_mn/…

University of Minnesota faculty Timothy LaPara driven to discover novel ways to reduce antiobiotic resistance. driven-to-discover.umn.edu/content/tim-la…

Spoiler: Batmanibacter uses Kryptonia as a weapon against Supermonas #ASMMicrobe2016

Attending a crowded session at #ASMMicrobe2016. My student can't get in and I can't leave.

End of day#1 at #ASMMicrobe2016. I'm already sick of microbes. #nostamina.

Suflita: first ASM meeting was 1976, had no travel funds and camped at a campground near the meeting in Atlantic City #ASMMicrobe2016

My student, Julia Beni, presenting her poster at #ASMMicrobe2016